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enriquez@zikzak.apana.org.au (Luke Enriquez) writes:

>G'day All,
>	This is the first article I have posted on Usenet, and with it, I
>wish to enlighten you to the fact that you can keep fish healthy, and even
>breed them, without gravel.

>	Some of you may have found that after heavy feeding of pellet
>food, frozen food, flakes, etc, that a reasonable proportion of the food
>sinks to the bottom, wedging itself between the gravel never to be found
>and eaten by the fish.

>	This food can rot, causing all sorts of algae problems and poor
>fish health. After visiting a friends fish house, which contained some 25
>tanks on stands, I noticed that he had no gravel in them. On further
>asking he showed me the simplicity of keep fish without gravel.

>	I'm not suggesting that you *DO NOT* use gravel in a tank which is
>meant for looking at, but it should be considered in situations like
>myself, where i find most of my tanks are dedicated to keeping fish to
>look at (or for eletroflouresis) or for breeding. None of the Australian
>natives I keep seem to worry about no gravel in their tank, esp Galaxiads,
>Gobies and Gudgeons.

>Regards,
>Luke

>PS : I dont buy fish, what I can catch with a dipnet in the rivers around
>Melbourne is what I keep in my tanks. Personally, I am very *ANTI* native
>fish trading.

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>		Zikzak public access UNIX, Melbourne, Australia.
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I, also,  would like to collect my own Aust. native fish. Can you tell me what
fish you have been able to find in your area and how you caught them (dip-net,
trap, etc.). 
Are there any of the local (Melb.) fish that you are prohibited to take? (This
last question is directed to anyone aware of restrictions on taking Aust.
native fish.)
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	I was interested in your comments that you were "very *ANTI* native fish
trading". Are you saying that you would prefer that anyone wanting a particular
fish species should take it from the natural habitat in preference to buying it
from a breeder. 
	This may be fine for the more prolific species but for other
less abundant species, I would prefer to see dedicated breeders keeping the
stocks available to the likes of us aquarium people rather than continually
reducing the numbers in their habitat. (Just my view!)

Regards,
Andrew Tynan

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